Spotlight On The Old Town Records (2002)

Product Summary Label: Collectables Records UPC: 00090431014929 Release Date: 11/5/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60583115 Item#: MTRD3T Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Life Is But A Dream ~ The Harptones ------ 2. Love You Baby All the Time ~ Co'eds ------ 3. You Could Be My Love ~ The Five Crowns ------ 4. Lorraine ~ The Bonnevilles ------ 5. Our Anniversary ~ The Fiestas ------ 6. Stranger In Paradise ~ The Solitaires ------ 7. All Alone ~ Bob Adams ------ 8. On Sunday Afternoon ~ The Harptones ------ 9. Why Does The World Go Round ~ The Escorts ------ 10. Give Me Your Love ~ The 4 Pharoahs ------ 11. Have You Ever Loved Someone ~ The Vocaleers ------ 12. Tonight ~ The Supremes ------ 13. My Heart ~ The Fi ------ 14. Come Back And Give Me A Hand ~ The Royaltones ------ 15. Where I Fell In Love ~ The Capris ------ 16. School Boy ~ Ruth McFadden ------ 17. Tonight Kathleen ~ The Valentines ------ 18. Last Roundup, The ~ The Cleftones ------ 19. Gee What A Girl ~ The Hummers ------ 20. Fool in Love, A ~ Keytones ------ 21. Come Back To Me ~ The Solitaires ------ 22. Moon Shining Bright ~ Tremaines ------ 23. Last Rose of Summer ~ Symbols of Life ------ 24. I Love an Angel ~ Co'eds ------ 25. Mexico ~ The Chimes ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Lullaby of the Bells ~ The Five Crowns ------ 2. Ding Dong ~ The Packards ------ 3. It All Depends On You (My Success) ~ The Harptones ------ 4. So Fine ~ The Fiestas ------ 5. Zu Zu ~ The Bonnevilles ------ 6. I Need Your Love So Bad ~ The Vocaleers ------ 7. Since My Baby's Been Gone ~ Ruth McFadden ------ 8. What Is the Secret of Your Success? ~ Keytones ------ 9. Davy Crockett ~ The Solitaires ------ 10. My Broken Heart ~ The Chimes ------ 11. Angels Sang, The ~ The Solitaires ------ 12. Crazy Love ~ The Royaltones ------ 13. Seven Wonders of the World ~ Keytones ------ 14. Mambo Boogie ~ The Harptones ------ 15. Message of Love ~ Laurels ------ 16. Starlight Tonight ~ The Inspirators ------ 17. Masquerade Is Over, The ~ The Cleftones ------ 18. There's Something Awful Nice About You ~ The Escorts ------ 19. When Will The Lights Shine On Me ~ The Solitaires ------ 20. Why Must I Love You ~ The Esquires ------ 21. When You're Smiling ~ Gene Mumford ------ 22. I'm in Love ~ Co'eds ------ 23. Gloria ~ The Cleftones ------ 24. School Girl ~ The Harptones ------ 25. There's A Moon Out Tonight ~ The Capris ------ Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Walking Along ~ The Solitaires ------ 2. Never Let Me Go ~ The Royaltones ------ 3. Last Night I Dreamed ~ The Fiestas ------ 4. You Know You're Doing Me Wrong ~ The Harptones ------ 5. Give Me One More Chance ~ The Solitaires ------ 6. I Beg Your Forgiveness ~ Co'eds ------ 7. Crying My Heart Out ~ Symbols of Life ------ 8. Think ~ The Universals ------ 9. Latin Lover ~ The Royaltones ------ 10. Summer Love ~ The Valentines ------ 11. I Call to You ~ Solarettes ------ 12. So Strange ~ The Hummers ------ 13. Later Later Baby ~ The Five Crowns ------ 14. Two in Love (With One Heart) ~ Ruth McFadden ------ 15. Dream Of Love ~ The Packards ------ 16. Oh What A Feeling ~ The Inspirators ------ 17. Dreaming Is No Good ~ Peggy Farmer ------ 18. Lover, Lover, Lover ~ Symbols of Life ------ 19. Day We Fell In Love, The ~ The Ovations ------ 20. My Faith ~ The Fi ------ 21. Hey Norman ~ The Royaltones ------ 22. Darling Listen to the Words of This Song ~ Ruth McFadden ------ 23. Why Oh Why ~ The Tru ------ 24. Indian Girl ~ The Capris ------ 25. How Long ~ The Solitaires ------ Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Remember Then ~ The Earls ------ 2. Jingle Jingle ~ Tremains ------ 3. My Heart (I'm Blue Without You) ~ Keytones ------ 4. Zip Boom ~ The Supremes ------ 5. My Dearest Darling ~ The Cleftones ------ 6. You for Me ~ Ruth McFadden ------ 7. Possibility ~ The Crowns ------ 8. My Babe (She Don't Want Me No More) ~ The Supremes ------ 9. But I Know ~ The Blenders ------ 10. My Lullabye ~ The Ovations ------ 11. When I Fell In Love ~ The Capris ------ 12. I Got A Notion ~ The Harptones ------ 13. I Give You My Word ~ The Royaltones ------ 14. Good Luck Darling ~ The Five Crowns ------ 15. China Girl ~ The 4 Pharoahs ------ 16. Listen, Listen Baby ~ The Unknowns ------ 17. Please Give Me One More Chance ~ Gene Mumford ------ 18. Come Back My Love ~ The Solitaires ------ 19. Guess Who? ~ The Cleftones ------ 20. You're Going To Need Me Someday ~ The Harptones ------ 21. It's You ~ The Earls ------ 22. Teenage Girl ~ The Sharps ------ 23. Last Roundup, The ~ The Supremes ------ 24. I Love You Baby ~ Peggy Farmer ------ 25. Life Is But A Dream ~ The Earls ------ Disc 5 Song Title Sample 1. Never ~ The Earls ------ 2. Life Is But a Dream ~ The Harptones (previously unreleased) ------ 3. I'll Be There ~ The Vocaleers ------ 4. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) ~ The Sharps ------ 5. Do You Know What I Mean ~ The Hummers ------ 6. South Of The Border ~ The Solitaires ------ 7. Hong Kong Jelly Wong ~ The Royaltones ------ 8. Night, The ~ Nick & The Nacks ------ 9. I Won't Tell The World ~ The Blenders ------ 10. Little Girl (I Love You Madly) ~ The Cleftones ------ 11. Love And Devotion ~ The Vocaleers ------ 12. Country Boy ~ Symbols of Life ------ 13. I Fell in Love ~ The Esquires ------ 14. Crazy Love ~ The Royaltones (previously unreleased) ------ 15. Nursery Rhymes ~ The Gems ------ 16. Just To Be ~ The Intruders ------ 17. I'm in Love ~ Co'eds (previously unreleased) ------ 18. Big Mary's House ~ The Solitaires ------ 19. This Is The Night ~ The Vocaleers ------ 20. Night Is Over, The ~ The Gems ------ 21. My Heart's Desire ~ The Earls ------ 22. Possibility ~ The Crowns (previously unreleased) ------ 23. Good News ~ The Fiestas ------ 24. Gloria ~ The Intruders ------ 25. Girl in My Dreams, The ~ The Capris ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Though Hy Weiss' Old Town Records wasn't very successful in a commercial sense, recordings by the label's artists -- the Chimes, the Capris, the Harptones, the Five Crowns, the Cleftones -- proved more durable than most when it came to doo wop revivals in the '60s, '70s, '80s, and 2000s. Certainly a five-disc wrap-up is more than most fans can handle; also, these discs are usually available separately from Collectable as well (under the title Spotlite on Old Town Records), while a competing series on Ace (Old Town Doo Wop) features crisper sound and more authoritative liner notes. Still, Spotlight on Old Town Records has a few virtues. The first is, obviously, the recordings themselves; Old Town contributed dozens of favorites for most doo wop fans -- gauzy ballads like "There's a Moon Out Tonight" by the Capris, or "Life Is but a Dream" by the Harptones. The price is also a factor, since Collectables is able to offer 125 tracks at a substantial price-cut from most labels. One (related) drawback: the decent packaging that Collectables has added for box sets still masks some deficiencies in the area of extra information, but as far as dreamy doo wop is concerned, this one does deliver. ~ John Bush   Technical Info Release Date : 03/14/2006 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 149 Label : Collectables Records Number of Discs : 5 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mono SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00090431014929    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray